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This is a review for the PS2.

You are a truck driver named Travis, taking a shortcut through a little area that we know as Silent Hill. You come on a house fire, save a kid, and try to find out what happened here. The good thing - you have the whole of Silent Hill on the case. The bad - you have the whole of Silent Hill on your case.
It leads to many things, including yourself, and it is a beautiful thing.

First, I am going to list the one fault I have with the port and that is views. While many of the games have had a lot of bad angles, this one had some really awful ones. This leads to a lot of deaths if you don't watch it, and to a lot of getting tangled up in furniture or missing something without looking closely. That said, it is only a small thing and, really, this IS a Silent Hill game and deserves much praise.

The set-up here is a lot like 2 in the way it maps out the regions. It gives you the whole set-up of the leading without leading, and it lets you make mistakes and it lets you find a plethora of items. The enemies get increasingly more bizaree, too, and you always have a looming fear of a triangle head in your mind (ooo that Butcher). All the while you are learning about one of four ending on your way to Travis and what he is all about and, i must say, Travis has a screwed up life.

you also learn more Silent Hill lore - a lovely thing I WANT in these games.

Another thing here is the control and the ability to dodge. Sometimes you cannot avoid and sometimes you have to blast, but all sorts of things are useful as melee weapons. you can use things like sticks and swords as three hit weapons before they break, or things like typewriters that just hit hard and break. You also have better guns in the process, and these help quite a bit. If you are a bullter saver like me, you will find yourself walking through this with ease. This leads you to bonus outfits and other things that are really nice.

for a port this is amazing. I really thought it would be something decent, but I found myself having to beat it. It is the regular 4-8 hour game play-through depending on your speed, but those are well-spent. You get the horrid monster, the good sounds, and the other wonderful stuff. You also have a grand sountrack with Mary singing actual songs - pick these up because they are great.
all in all, this deserves a lot more praise than it had. I loved it long time.Get more detail about Silent Hill Origins.